376 cxxxvi. IRIDE^ (baker). \^Aniholyza. 



7. A. watsonioides, Baker. Corm globose, 1 in. diam. Produced 

 leaves 3-4, linear, moderately firm, the lower IJ ft. long, \-\ in. broad. 

 Stem 1^-2 ft. long, simple, terete, bearing 1-2 reduced leaves. Spike 

 very lax, secund, sometimes 6-9 in. long ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, 

 green, li-2 in. long. Perianth bright crimson ; tube curved, 1 J in. 

 loiig. i in. diam. in upper half; segments oblong, acute, upper one 

 the longest, IJ in. long, J in. broad, the others similar, but rather 

 smaller. Stamens distinctly shorter than upper segment of the 

 perianth ; anthers \ in. long. Capsule oblong, 1 in. long. Seeds broadly 

 winged. — Gladiolus watsonioides, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 405 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6919; Handb. Irid. 226; Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXX. 406 . G. Garnieri^ Klatt in Decken, Reisen Bot. 73. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Mount Kilimanjaro, 8500-11,000 ft., 

 Thomson ! Johnston, 33 ! 148 ! Decken Sf Kersten, 120, Meyer, 278. Mount Kenia, 

 in Alpine pastures, 10,000-11,000 ft., Gregory. 



Order CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDE^. (By J. G. Baker.) 



Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or slightly irregular. Perianth 

 corolHne, superior, with or without a tube above the ovary ; segments 

 subequal in the Tropical African genera. Stamens usually 6, opposite 

 the segments of the perianth, inserted at their base or in the tube ; 

 filaments filiform, free or united in a cup at the base ; anthers 2-celled, 

 with longitudinal introrse dehiscence. Ovary inferior, usually 3-celled ; 

 ovules anatropous, superposed. Style subulate. Stigma capitate or 

 trifurcate. Fruit capsular or baccate. Seeds globose or flattened ; 

 albumen copious, usually fleshy ; embryo small, central. — Herbs, rarely 

 undershrubs. Rootstock a bulb or tuber. Leaves usually all radical. 

 Inflorescence umbellate, rarely solitary or racemose. Flowers various 

 in colour, glabrous, hairy or viscous outside. 



Species 800, widely spread through the Tropical and Temperate zones of both 

 hemispheres. 



Teibe I. Hypoxldeae. Herhs with a tuberous rootstock and naked peduncles. 

 Flower, peduncle and leaves usually hairy. 



Perianth cut down to the ovary . . . . " . 1. Hypoxis. 



Perianth with a tube above the ovary . . . .2. CuscuLiGO. 



Tkibe II. Amaryllese. Herhs with a tunicated bulb and naked peduncles. 

 Leaves, peduncle and Jiowers glabrous. 



Perianth with scales at the throat . . . .3. Ceyptostephanus. 



Perianth without small scales at the throat. 

 Filaments free down to the base. 



Seeds discoid or angled, with a black or brown 

 testa. 

 Ovules many in a cell. 



Perianth with a long tube and short limb . 4. Cyetanthus. 

 Perianth lobes about as long as the tube . 5. Stenolieion. 



Perianth with a short tube and long limb . 6. Hippeasteum. 

 Ovules two in a cell. 



Fruit baccate 7. H^manthus. 



